Senior Quantity Surveyor

Kier Group; Cardiff; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Kier Group in Cardiff is seeking a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join the Construction team. Based in Cardiff, the role focuses on managing commercial resources to maximise margin on regional projects across education, health, defence and more. Full-time with some flexibility; sponsorship is not offered.

You will lead commercial staff, negotiate variations, and ensure delivery of projects safely, on time and to quality. Strong communication, organisational skills, and IT proficiency are required.

Qualifications

• Clear communication with multidisciplinary teams, clients and supply chain.
• Strong organisational skills with ability to prioritise and meet deadlines.
• Collaborative, self-motivated and able to use own initiative.
• Proficient in IT packages including MS Office and bespoke software.

Responsibilities

• Manage commercial resources to maximise gross margin through contract placement and control.
• Negotiate project variations to support budgeted profitability with customers and suppliers.
• Measure and value work to support invoicing and cash flow management.
• Lead and motivate the project's commercial staff and foster cross‑functional collaboration.
• Build and maintain relationships with customers, contractors and subcontractors while assessing risks.

Skills

Communication

Organisational skills

Teamwork

IT proficiency

Tools

MS Office

Bespoke software

Job description

We're looking for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join our Construction team based in Cardiff.

Location: Cardiff
Hours: Full-time - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us.

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

This is an exciting opportunity to manage the commercial resources of assigned projects, maximising planned gross margin through effective contract placement and control. You'll play a vital role in assessing and mitigating commercial risks whilst supporting the delivery of major regional projects. Working within our Construction business, you'll be part of a team that values long-term relationships and collaborative working, delivering projects across education, health, defence, and other key strategic sectors.

What will you be responsible for?

As a Senior Quantity Surveyor, you'll be working within the Construction team, supporting them in delivering projects safely, on time, and to the required quality. Your day to day will include:

• Managing commercial resources to maximise planned gross margin through effective contract and subcontract placement and control
• Negotiating and agreeing project variations with customers and suppliers to support budgeted profitability
• Measuring and valuing work to support invoicing of customers and payment to suppliers, positively managing cash flows
• Leading and motivating the project's commercial staff, ensuring collaborative relationships across all functions
• Building strong relationships with customers, contractors and subcontractors whilst assessing, controlling and mitigating commercial risks

What are we looking for?

This role of Senior Quantity Surveyor is great for you if:

• You have clear communication skills with demonstrable experience communicating effectively with multidisciplinary teams, clients, and the wider supply chain
• You have strong organisational skills with the ability to prioritise and work to deadlines
• You're flexible, able to work collaboratively as part of a team and using your own initiative
• You're proficient in using IT packages including Microsoft Office and bespoke software

Rewards and benefits

We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.

As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

Due to the nature of this role, you will also be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check (applicants with convictions will be treated on a case-by-case basis. We do not discriminate based on an applicant's conviction history or the details of any convictions disclosed to us). Some roles may also be subject to further pre-employment checks.

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